Box for dispensing tissues



Nov. 2, 1937. s, HERZ BOX FbR DISPENSING TISSUES Filed Sept. 15, 1936 50/e ij INVENTOR ATTORNEY.

Patented Nov. 2, 1937 UNITED STATES 2,097,858 Box roamsrmvsma TISSUESSol Here, New York, N. Y., assignor to Federated Mills, Ina, New York,N. Y., a corporation of New Yor Application September 15, 1936, SerialNo. 100,823

,1 Claim.

My invention relates to a container for holding, protecting anddispensing a package of folded sheets of tissue or other papers whichare arranged sothat removing one sheet will expose the edge of the nextone below it.

It is the purpose of the present invention to provide a container whichis formed of a single.

blank and comprises a top portion enclosed within a continuous weakenedline, whereby said por- 1 tion may be readily removed to form an openingin thetop panel.

Another object of the present invention is to provide the sides of thecontainer with windows,

consisting of openings covered with a transparg aterial, whereby thecontents are visibly A Still 1 q.h'er

Ject of my invention is to pmvlde rigid oort for the top panel,withstands the strain exerd t h the removable blank is fi i ig weakenedline, as the sidewalls m, count of the extensive window cti3f1 able totake up said strain.

I accomplish these objects by means of the construction and arrangementof parts described inithegfpllo ing speciiigatibfise r pended claim andillustratively exemplified n the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved container showing aportion of the outer layer of the cover or top broken awayto show theblank in the inner layer before removal.

Figure 2 is a substantially longitudinal sectional view of the containertaken on lines 22 of Figure 1. I

Figure 3 is a substantially transverse sectional view taken on lines 3-3of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a plan view of the blank from which the container is formed.

Referring now to the drawing, the container comprises a single piece ofmaterial, preferably cardboard, cut and folded to form a box having abottom if], two sides H, and a top It.

The sides II are provided with extensive cut- .out portions formingwindows I, which are covered by sheets of transparent material IS, themarginal portions of which are adhered to the inner surface of the sidewalls marginallyof the windows M;

00 The top l3 of the containerds formed by a panel of the materialintegral along one edge with one side H and is provided with a centerblank l6, which is outlined by a continuous perforated line H, and whichis removable from the 55 top by merely separating the blank along theperforated line. A second panel or cover piece i8 for the top I3 isprovided by including an integral portion of material at the outer edgeof the second side H, which piece is the same size as that of the top l3and is folded over onto the lat- 5 ter to conceal the same and the blankl6. When the complete package is dispensed the cover piece I8 is adheredto the top l3 by utilizing spots I9' of adhesive, but after the packagehas been broken and the blank l6 removed, the outer or 10 free cornersof the cover piece It! are inserted in slots 20 cut into thecorresponding corners of the underlying top i3, as illustrated inFigures 1 and 4.

The contents of the box have not been illus- 15 trated, but it will bereadily appreciated that upon removal of the blank iii an opening can beprovided in the top i3, and that the contents may be removed. throughthe opening, which is closed by the cover it. 20

The blank from which the container is folded is illustrated in Figure 4and consists of five panels set oil from each other by' lines of scoringto form the top I3, side ll, bottom It, second slde H nd cover piece it.The top l3'has a 5 narrow strip ne:- its outer edge to be folded i 11dadhered to the eer marginal portion of the secon a; The top '3 andbottom iii are provided with project...

vs- I tions 23 which fold upright to overlap each 6%. N

and to form the end walls, each of the projections 23 having the fullsize of an end wall. The sides I! are also provided with projectingpieces 2 3 at their ends, each of said pieces 24 having half the size ofan end wall and being sand- 35 wiched between the projections 23 of thetop and bottom sections when the box or container is assembled.

This arrangement makes the 'end walls and the connection between theindividual sections 40 sufliciently rigid to take up the strain exertedupon the top and the weakened side walls when the removable blank isseparated along said perforated line by being lowered over the top l3and its corners inserted in the slots 20 of the latter. 45

Having described my invention and the manner in which the same may beused, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A dispensing container of rectangular form comprising a top panel havinga center portion enclosed within a continuous weakened line to permiteasy removal of said portion -in order to form an opening in said toppanel, two side walls opposite each other, said side walls beingsubstantially weakened by extensive window cut- 5 outs, said containerbeing folded from a blank having four mid-portion sections to form thebottom, side walls and top, the bottom and the top having and limbs oneither side thereof, each of said flaps having the full size 0! an endwall and being folded inwardls, to overlap the corresponding flap of theopposite section, the side wall sections having on either side flaps ofhalf the size of an end wall, said side wall flaps being folded inwardlyand sandwiched between the flaps or the-top and the bottom section,whereby the endwalls become sui'lliciently rigid to take up the strainexerted upon the top and the weakened side walls when said removableportion in the top is separated along said weakened ilne. SOL HERZ.

